Welcome

Life Sciences Skills Strategy Board Nigel Brooksby 4

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October 2012

Developing Tomorrow’s Scientists Today

LSSB : attendees and apologies

Attendees

Mary Baker Carol Black Karen Booth Nigel Brooksby Gillian Burgess Mervin Dadd Lesley Earl Lesley Galloway David Griffiths-Johnson Sue Hill Richard Hobbs Judith Holcroft John Holton Kate Hutchins Andrew Jack Sarah Jones Mark Lloyd Davies Nicola Massey Linda Millett James Sawyer Tina Sawyer Joanna Woolf European Brain Council Dept for Work and Pensions BIS Nigel Brooksby UCB Celltech Cogent SSC Huntingdon Life Sciences Ethical Medicines Industry Group BIS Department of Health University of Oxford Cogent SSC Cogent SSC Cogent SSC Financial Times ABPI Janssen-Cilag Ltd Shire Pharmaceuticals Takeda Cambridge Ltd Prism Cogent SSC Cogent SSC

Apologies

Bob Armitage John Betteridge Robin Bhattacherjee Christine Bloor Jeremy Haigh Trevor Jones Haruo Naito Una O'Brien Neil Poulter Ian Smith Neil Weir Stephen Whitehead Merck Sharp & Dohme University College Hospital Actelion Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd BIS Amgen Limited Merlin Bioscience Eisai Europe Limited Department for Health Imperial College Synexus Limited UCB Celltech ABPI

Current Industry Environment

Still a world leader but many challenging forces are reshaping the environment in which the sector is operating – need a different sort of supply chain

• • • • • • • Shorter product lifecycles – end of blockbuster New ways for assessing and approving medicines – many changes Increasing emphasis on personalised outcomes New models of delivering healthcare – e.g. healthcare into the community Importance of emerging markets - potential Public scrutiny increasing – need to manage risk and compliance/competence Tougher environmental controls and regulations

Looking ahead…

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We need to:

Think creatively on products Innovate to survive globally Open up the NHS to industry – partnership on skills Collaborate on research attractive to private investment Develop an industry that is fit for the future

Skills and competence are part of the solution – to innovate, support compliance and to form bridge with NHS

Our progress

Four working groups drive our plan:  apprentices, SMEs, career pathways and placements – employer-led

• • • • • • • • • Great progress via the groups HAs taking off – exciting new route New Skills Gateway tool – consultation underway Clusters are supporting our work as conduits to SMEs Bid shaping up for placements and mentoring New publications in research (Takeda)

, Helix

magazine Suite of new video films – including HA case study Life Sciences Skills Awards – HoC launch Taking the message out to events Briefings – our own Breakfast Partnerships – with societies and professional bodies

Today’s agenda

Welcome and Introduction Nigel Brooksby Presentation on Modernising Scientific Careers Sue Hill Skills as a Growth Accelerator: A Public/Private Endeavour Joanna Woolf Mervin Dadd Introduction to the Skills Gateway Break Skills Awards and opportunities for sponsorship Thanks and closure Judith Holcroft and Tina Sawyer Nigel Brooksby